The Sikh diaspora: the search for statehood /
Darshan Singh Tatla
- Seattle: University of Washington Press, c1999.
- xiv, 327 p.: maps; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references: p. 285-307.
1 The Sikhs: the search for statehood A sect, a community or a nation? The making of Sikh ethnic consciousness The colonial encounter Under the postcolonial state Search for statehood: the dilemma Indian nationalism: perils of a nation-state 2 The Sikh diaspora: a history of settlement The colonial era The postcolonial era Post-1984 emigration: Sikh refugees Conclusion 3 The Sikh diaspora and the Punjab: dialectics of ethnic linkages Economic linkage Social exchange Religious tradition Diaspora: a creative site? 4 The Sikh diaspora and the Punjab: political linkages Early links Post-1947 associations Issues of mobilization 5 Demand for homeland: Sikhs in North America Main organizations Mobilization 6 Demand for homeland: Sikhs in Britain Main organizations Mobilization 7 Mediating between states: Sikh diplomacy and interstate relations Indian government and the Sikh diaspora Indo-British relations and the Sikhs Sikh diplomacy and Indo-us relations Indo-Canadian relations and the Sikh lobby International organizations Conclusion 8 Call of homeland: models and reality (if ethnic mobilization Parameters of mobilization Discourse on the Sikh homeland The impact of the critical event
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Sikhs--Politics and government. Sikhs--Ethnic identity.